Finance Jobs in the North of England

Financial
England > North of England

The table below looks at the prevalence of the term Finance in permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England. Included is a benchmarking guide to the salaries offered in vacancies that have cited Finance over the 6 months to 1 December 2023 with a comparison to the same period over the previous 2 years.

6 months to
1 Dec 2023
Same period 2022 Same period 2021
Rank 3 6 10
Rank change year-on-year +3 +4 +6
Permanent jobs citing Finance 1,884 3,191 2,232
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 24.04% 18.75% 13.30%
As % of the General category 36.43% 28.53% 24.96%
Number of salaries quoted 1,201 1,783 1,615
10th Percentile £35,000 £34,575 £30,200
25th Percentile £46,306 £43,750 £37,500
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £62,500 £57,500 £52,500
Median % change year-on-year +8.70% +9.52% +5.00%
75th Percentile £78,750 £72,500 £65,000
90th Percentile £91,934 £87,500 £82,500
England median annual salary £70,000 £70,000 £67,500
% change year-on-year - +3.70% +3.85%

All General Skills
North of England

Finance is in the General Skills category. The following table is for comparison with the above and provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies advertised in the North of England with a requirement for common skills.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for common skills 5,172 11,185 8,943
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in the North of England 66.00% 65.74% 53.31%
Number of salaries quoted 3,552 6,012 5,962
10th Percentile £27,750 £28,525 £27,500
25th Percentile £37,750 £38,500 £35,000
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £52,500 £52,500 £47,500
Median % change year-on-year - +10.53% +4.40%
75th Percentile £69,136 £67,500 £62,500
90th Percentile £84,056 £84,056 £77,500
England median annual salary £60,000 £60,000 £60,000
% change year-on-year - - +4.35%

Finance
Job Vacancy Trend in the North of England

Job postings citing Finance as a proportion of all IT jobs advertised in the North of England.

Job vacancy trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Trend in the North of England

3-month moving average salary quoted in jobs citing Finance in the North of England.

Salary trend for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Salary Histogram in the North of England

Salary distribution for jobs citing Finance in the North of England over the 6 months to 1 December 2023.

Salary histogram for Finance in the North of England

Finance
Job Locations in the North of England

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Finance within the North of England region over the 6 months to 1 December 2023. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Yorkshire +3 909 £65,000 +13.04% 260
North West +3 904 £62,500 +8.70% 556
North East 0 67 £57,500 -8.73% 100
Finance
England

Finance
Co-occurring Skills and Capabilities in the North of England by Category

The follow tables expand on the table above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. The same employment type, locality and period is covered with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each of the following categories:

Application Platforms
1 34 (1.80%) Confluence
2 32 (1.70%) SAS
3 27 (1.43%) Apache Spark
4 19 (1.01%) Apache
5 15 (0.80%) Tomcat
6 11 (0.58%) Jetty
6 11 (0.58%) SharePoint
7 10 (0.53%) Captiva
7 10 (0.53%) FileNet
7 10 (0.53%) WebSphere
8 8 (0.42%) CMS
9 6 (0.32%) Adobe Experience Manager
10 3 (0.16%) Oracle Workflow
11 2 (0.11%) Apache Airflow
11 2 (0.11%) CICS
11 2 (0.11%) MS Exchange
11 2 (0.11%) Sitecore CMS
12 1 (0.053%) Oracle SOA Suite
12 1 (0.053%) WordPress
Applications
1 71 (3.77%) Microsoft Office
2 61 (3.24%) Microsoft Excel
3 10 (0.53%) Spreadsheet
4 5 (0.27%) Microsoft PowerPoint
5 4 (0.21%) Adobe XD
5 4 (0.21%) InVision
5 4 (0.21%) Microsoft Project
5 4 (0.21%) Sketch
6 2 (0.11%) MS Visio
6 2 (0.11%) SPSS
7 1 (0.053%) Adobe Creative Suite
7 1 (0.053%) Adobe Illustrator
7 1 (0.053%) EViews
7 1 (0.053%) InDesign
7 1 (0.053%) Photoshop
Business Applications
1 63 (3.34%) Dynamics CRM
2 41 (2.18%) Oracle ERP
3 32 (1.70%) Oracle Payables
4 30 (1.59%) NetSuite
5 28 (1.49%) Oracle Receivables
6 27 (1.43%) Hyperion Planning
7 20 (1.06%) SAP S/4HANA
8 9 (0.48%) SAP MM
9 8 (0.42%) Oracle EBS R12
9 8 (0.42%) Unit4 Business World
10 7 (0.37%) SAP CO
11 6 (0.32%) Oracle EBS
11 6 (0.32%) SAP FI
11 6 (0.32%) SAP FI/CO
11 6 (0.32%) Visualfiles
12 5 (0.27%) Demantra
12 5 (0.27%) Dynamics NAV
12 5 (0.27%) Oracle ASCP
12 5 (0.27%) Oracle Financials
12 5 (0.27%) SAP SD
Cloud Services
1 451 (23.94%) Azure
2 240 (12.74%) GCP
3 215 (11.41%) Power Platform
4 167 (8.86%) SaaS
5 163 (8.65%) PaaS
6 159 (8.44%) AWS
7 142 (7.54%) IaaS
8 128 (6.79%) Dynamics 365
9 98 (5.20%) Microsoft 365
10 95 (5.04%) Azure DevOps
11 80 (4.25%) GitHub
12 68 (3.61%) Serverless
13 55 (2.92%) Azure Functions
14 35 (1.86%) PowerApps
15 20 (1.06%) Power Automate
16 14 (0.74%) Azure Data Factory
16 14 (0.74%) GitHub Actions
17 12 (0.64%) Vertex AI
18 11 (0.58%) Boomi
18 11 (0.58%) OpenShift
Communications & Networking
1 42 (2.23%) Firewall
2 30 (1.59%) 5G
2 30 (1.59%) Broadband
3 26 (1.38%) VPN
4 25 (1.33%) DNS
5 24 (1.27%) Internet
6 23 (1.22%) Wireless
7 18 (0.96%) SAN
8 16 (0.85%) DHCP
9 15 (0.80%) Network Security
10 13 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP GTM
10 13 (0.69%) F5 BIG-IP LTM
10 13 (0.69%) Skype
11 8 (0.42%) LAN
11 8 (0.42%) TCP/IP
11 8 (0.42%) WAN
12 6 (0.32%) SSL
13 5 (0.27%) Unified Communications
14 4 (0.21%) Cisco ASA
14 4 (0.21%) Fibre Channel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 91 (4.83%) Power BI
2 90 (4.78%) Data Warehouse
3 76 (4.03%) Data Lake
4 68 (3.61%) NoSQL
5 65 (3.45%) SQL Server
6 48 (2.55%) Oracle Reports
7 47 (2.49%) MySQL
8 35 (1.86%) Amazon RDS
8 35 (1.86%) PostgreSQL
9 28 (1.49%) Big Data
10 27 (1.43%) Tableau
11 26 (1.38%) MongoDB
12 24 (1.27%) BigQuery
13 22 (1.17%) Data Hub
13 22 (1.17%) Relational Database
14 16 (0.85%) Hadoop
14 16 (0.85%) SQL Server Integration Services
15 13 (0.69%) Azure SQL Database
15 13 (0.69%) Metadata
15 13 (0.69%) SQL Server Analysis Services
Development Applications
1 103 (5.47%) Git
2 92 (4.88%) Jenkins
3 52 (2.76%) JIRA
4 34 (1.80%) Spinnaker
5 22 (1.17%) SonarQube
6 19 (1.01%) IBM UrbanCode
7 18 (0.96%) Sonatype Nexus
8 14 (0.74%) Artifactory
8 14 (0.74%) GitLab
9 13 (0.69%) Oracle Forms
10 10 (0.53%) Cypress.io
11 9 (0.48%) Cucumber
11 9 (0.48%) Maven
11 9 (0.48%) Mocha
11 9 (0.48%) Selenium
12 7 (0.37%) Ant
12 7 (0.37%) CircleCI
12 7 (0.37%) Gradle
12 7 (0.37%) Zephyr
13 5 (0.27%) Postman
General
1 645 (34.24%) Banking
2 626 (33.23%) Social Skills
3 209 (11.09%) Retail
4 205 (10.88%) Analytical Skills
5 133 (7.06%) Inclusion and Diversity
6 103 (5.47%) Legal
7 84 (4.46%) Law
8 76 (4.03%) Marketing
9 73 (3.87%) Presentation Skills
10 72 (3.82%) Public Sector
11 62 (3.29%) Influencing Skills
12 54 (2.87%) Back Office
13 51 (2.71%) Games
14 39 (2.07%) Manufacturing
15 34 (1.80%) Organisational Skills
15 34 (1.80%) Retail Banking
15 34 (1.80%) Telecoms
16 19 (1.01%) Electronics
17 18 (0.96%) Billing
18 14 (0.74%) Financial Institution
Job Titles
1 434 (23.04%) Architect
2 274 (14.54%) Senior
3 219 (11.62%) Analyst
4 145 (7.70%) Enterprise Architect
5 144 (7.64%) Solutions Architect
6 132 (7.01%) Developer
7 124 (6.58%) Lead
8 119 (6.32%) Software Engineer
9 102 (5.41%) Dynamics 365 Architect
10 100 (5.31%) Consultant
11 84 (4.46%) Project Manager
12 64 (3.40%) Cloud Engineer
13 62 (3.29%) Security Architect
14 61 (3.24%) DevOps Engineer
15 55 (2.92%) Support Engineer
16 54 (2.87%) CRM Architect
16 54 (2.87%) Dynamics CRM Architect
17 52 (2.76%) Senior Developer
18 51 (2.71%) Senior Manager
19 49 (2.60%) Business Analyst
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 90 (4.78%) HTML
2 79 (4.19%) .NET
3 71 (3.77%) Node.js
4 70 (3.72%) CSS
5 62 (3.29%) React
6 60 (3.18%) RESTful
7 59 (3.13%) Kafka
7 59 (3.13%) OpenID
8 48 (2.55%) Oracle Fusion
9 45 (2.39%) Web Services
10 42 (2.23%) REST
11 36 (1.91%) Spring
12 35 (1.86%) AngularJS
13 31 (1.65%) JSON
14 29 (1.54%) Middleware
15 25 (1.33%) HTML5
16 22 (1.17%) CSS3
17 20 (1.06%) Express.js
17 20 (1.06%) XML
18 19 (1.01%) SOAP
Miscellaneous
1 129 (6.85%) Product Ownership
2 116 (6.16%) Public Cloud
3 109 (5.79%) Self-Motivation
4 71 (3.77%) Mainframe
5 64 (3.40%) Cloud Native
6 50 (2.65%) Blockchain
7 46 (2.44%) Management Information System
8 40 (2.12%) Data Centre
9 33 (1.75%) Cyberattack
10 32 (1.70%) Credit Risk
10 32 (1.70%) Linux Command Line
11 30 (1.59%) Private Cloud
12 28 (1.49%) Legacy Systems
13 24 (1.27%) Online Banking
14 21 (1.11%) Onboarding
15 20 (1.06%) Data Structures
16 19 (1.01%) Clustering
17 17 (0.90%) Greenfield Project
18 16 (0.85%) Driving Licence
18 16 (0.85%) Enterprise Software
Operating Systems
1 102 (5.41%) Windows
2 80 (4.25%) Unix
3 77 (4.09%) Linux
4 54 (2.87%) Windows Server
5 24 (1.27%) Windows 10
6 22 (1.17%) Windows Server 2012
7 21 (1.11%) Windows Server 2019
8 19 (1.01%) Windows 7
8 19 (1.01%) Windows Server 2016
9 18 (0.96%) Windows 8
10 10 (0.53%) zOS
11 8 (0.42%) Android
12 6 (0.32%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
12 6 (0.32%) Solaris
13 5 (0.27%) HPUX
14 3 (0.16%) CoreOS
15 1 (0.053%) Apple iOS
15 1 (0.053%) Mac OS
15 1 (0.053%) Windows Server 2008
Processes & Methodologies
1 919 (48.78%) Agile
2 395 (20.97%) Problem-Solving
3 341 (18.10%) Roadmaps
4 294 (15.61%) DevOps
5 228 (12.10%) Analytics
6 222 (11.78%) Actionable Insight
7 217 (11.52%) Mentoring
8 183 (9.71%) Software Engineering
9 176 (9.34%) Microservices
10 169 (8.97%) Cybersecurity
11 162 (8.60%) CI/CD
12 159 (8.44%) Enterprise Architecture
13 155 (8.23%) Coaching
14 142 (7.54%) Machine Learning
15 138 (7.32%) ITIL
16 137 (7.27%) Stakeholder Management
17 133 (7.06%) Customer Service
18 132 (7.01%) Strategic Roadmap
19 130 (6.90%) Customer Experience
20 124 (6.58%) Project Management
Programming Languages
1 264 (14.01%) SQL
2 195 (10.35%) Python
3 163 (8.65%) Java
4 110 (5.84%) JavaScript
5 79 (4.19%) C#
6 51 (2.71%) PowerShell
7 43 (2.28%) TypeScript
8 34 (1.80%) Bash
9 32 (1.70%) Go
9 32 (1.70%) T-SQL
10 23 (1.22%) Rust
11 19 (1.01%) R
12 17 (0.90%) Groovy
13 15 (0.80%) PL/SQL
14 10 (0.53%) Bicep
14 10 (0.53%) Data Analysis Expressions
14 10 (0.53%) Scala
15 8 (0.42%) Kotlin
15 8 (0.42%) PHP
16 7 (0.37%) VB.NET
Qualifications
1 215 (11.41%) Degree
2 118 (6.26%) Security Cleared
3 40 (2.12%) AWS Certification
4 35 (1.86%) Azure Certification
5 33 (1.75%) DV Cleared
6 27 (1.43%) Computer Science Degree
7 23 (1.22%) AWS Certified Cloud Practitioner
7 23 (1.22%) AWS Certified Developer
7 23 (1.22%) AWS Certified Solutions Architect
8 20 (1.06%) SC Cleared
9 18 (0.96%) Microsoft Certification
10 16 (0.85%) DBS Check
11 15 (0.80%) CEH
11 15 (0.80%) CISM
11 15 (0.80%) CISSP
12 13 (0.69%) Master's Degree
12 13 (0.69%) PMI Certification
13 12 (0.64%) ACCA
14 11 (0.58%) OCP
14 11 (0.58%) Oracle Certification
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 73 (3.87%) GDPR
2 68 (3.61%) SLA
3 40 (2.12%) Sarbanes-Oxley
4 37 (1.96%) Data Quality
5 31 (1.65%) QA
6 28 (1.49%) IFRS
7 26 (1.38%) PMO
8 23 (1.22%) Accessibility
9 22 (1.17%) ISO/IEC 27001
10 21 (1.11%) Actionable Recommendations
11 20 (1.06%) PCI DSS
12 14 (0.74%) GAAP
13 12 (0.64%) IFRS 9
14 11 (0.58%) GRC
15 9 (0.48%) NIST
16 7 (0.37%) COBIT
16 7 (0.37%) CRD IV
17 5 (0.27%) WCAG
18 4 (0.21%) Cyber Essentials
18 4 (0.21%) ISO 20022
System Software
1 104 (5.52%) Virtual Machines
2 93 (4.94%) Docker
3 74 (3.93%) Active Directory
4 36 (1.91%) Hyper-V
5 34 (1.80%) VMware Infrastructure
6 18 (0.96%) Firmware
7 9 (0.48%) VMware Workstation
8 8 (0.42%) Virtual Desktop
9 3 (0.16%) KVM
9 3 (0.16%) Virtual Servers
10 2 (0.11%) Embedded Firmware
10 2 (0.11%) VMware NSX
10 2 (0.11%) XenApp
10 2 (0.11%) XenDesktop
11 1 (0.053%) vSphere
Systems Management
1 149 (7.91%) Kubernetes
2 99 (5.25%) Terraform
3 43 (2.28%) SCOM
4 38 (2.02%) Ansible
5 34 (1.80%) SCCM
6 30 (1.59%) Istio
7 27 (1.43%) Microsoft Intune
8 19 (1.01%) Failover Clustering
8 19 (1.01%) FortiGate
8 19 (1.01%) SCVMM
9 16 (0.85%) Microsoft Data Protection Manager
10 13 (0.69%) Puppet
11 8 (0.42%) Progress Chef
12 7 (0.37%) Kibana
12 7 (0.37%) Nagios
12 7 (0.37%) Prometheus
13 4 (0.21%) Argo
14 3 (0.16%) CA Endevor
15 2 (0.11%) Salt
15 2 (0.11%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 307 (16.30%) Microsoft
2 149 (7.91%) Oracle
3 117 (6.21%) Google
4 66 (3.50%) SAP
5 51 (2.71%) VMware
6 50 (2.65%) Citrix
6 50 (2.65%) ServiceNow
7 48 (2.55%) IBM
8 43 (2.28%) Cisco
9 35 (1.86%) Commvault
10 34 (1.80%) Veeam
11 32 (1.70%) Kaseya
12 31 (1.65%) Splunk
13 30 (1.59%) Salesforce
13 30 (1.59%) Virgin Media
14 27 (1.43%) Hyperion
15 19 (1.01%) Aruba
16 18 (0.96%) Barracuda Networks
16 18 (0.96%) CheckPoint
17 15 (0.80%) SolarWinds